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CPrint® Mentors Meet in Nawlins
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CPrint® affiliates are assigned to boards and meet with their Mentor, CPrint® staff and fellow board members every six months. And the Mentors meet with their own boards every six months as well. And that’s exactly what happened in New Orleans last week.

On Friday morning the Mentors met regarding CPrint® issues. Many of the issues discussed will be presented at the regular board meetings across the country during the next two months.

Friday evening at the Gala, sales, management awards and the Mentor of the Year award were given to top Mentors.

Keith Einstein - Mentor of the Year
Keith Einstein, Einstein Printing, Dallas, Texas, (above right) is presented his award by CPrint® President Todd Nuckols. Keith has endured many challenges over the last 12 months. Running a business has enough distractions of its own and keeping your attention focused where it needs to be can be tough. In the last year Keith has kept one child in college while helping the other begin her life after graduating. He has moved his business, and all the while, has increased his sales by 16%. For getting the job done, this year’s mentor of the year award goes to Keith Einstein.

Keith also received a sales award for his one year 16% sales increase.

To see all the awards and photos from the Mentor meeting click on Read More below.

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Sales Summit ''Transformational''
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Jonathan Bond - Sales Person of the Year

CPrint® President, Todd Nuckols, left, presents Jonathan Bond the CPrint® Sales Person of the Year award.

Jonathan Bond, Bond Printing, Hanover, MA, was named CPrint® Sales Person of the Year at the Printing Without Print Summit in Nashville recently.

Jonathan returned to the family business a couple of years ago. There was no sales happening so it was decided to to let Jonathan have a go at it. He had no prior experience in sales, but was willing to work at it.

He immediately put the CPrint® model in place. He obtained a mail list of area businesses from headquarters and started calling. His objective was to identify the print buyer and to arrange an appointment. He developed a couple of letters he sends to print buyers.

Jonathan also developed a sales packet with his two sided "Bond" business card, a brochure about Bond Printing, a copy of Printips with an article about partnering with your printer and a letter or two of recommendations from current customers. He also puts other "goodies" in it like note pads, pens and Red Sox or Patriot magnet schedules. Ideally this packet is delivered in person, but mailed when he can't get an appointment. He also developed a couple of thank you fold over note cards that are sent after appointments. He also mails thank you cards after the first order from new customers.

At the same he became very active in a large, local Chamber of Commerce and rarely misses any of their meetings. Jonathan enjoys working the room and people definitely know him in the Chamber. He is usually one of the last to leave, staying behind to help the staff pickup when necessary. After the meeting he emails people he's met for the first time telling them he enjoyed meeting them and reminding them he's in the printing business.

Jonathan's work is paying off. The company's number one customer is a medical clinic that Jonathan brought on board.

General Manager Jon Bond said, "Any sales increase we have is a result of Jonathan's efforts. I'm proud of Jonathan, the job he's doing and his willingness to take on this challenge. Quite frankly, I hate to think where we'd be without his hard work."

To see photos of all the nominees for Sales Person of the Year, click on "Read More" below.

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The Affiliate File
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Promenade Printing - Richardson, Texas

It was about 32 years ago that Tom McDowell got out of the Air Force and joined his wife Terry's Dad, printing at his Kwik Kopy.

Gofer It!: "Tell us why you're a printer, Tom."

Tom McDowell: "When I got out of the service in 1978 I decided I'd work for my father-in-law until I decided what I wanted to do when I grew up. I'm still trying to decide!"

Gofer: "And what about Promenade Printing?

Tom: "After the death of Terry's Dad, she and I bought the business from her Mom in 1986. Terry runs production and I'm general manager and sales manager. We have one full time worker and two part timers.

Gofer: "As sales manager, how many sales phone calls did you make this week?"

Tom: "I didn't make any. But don't print that!"

To read the rest of the interview click on "Read More" below.

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Printing Without Print
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CPrint® Sales Summit Begins

The CPrint® Printing Without Print Sales Summit kicked off in Nashville Wednesday evening.

CPrinters from across the United States are attending wittnessed by the group in the above photo. From left: Sue Kessel, Chatham Print & Design, Chatham, New Jersey; Pamela Crouser, CPrint, Amelia Island, Florida and Cecilia and Tim Stone, Ready Print, Pittsburg, California, renewing acquaintances at the Wednesday night reception. Others attending are from Texas, Minnesota, Arkansas, West Virginia, North Carolina, Maine and other states.

Almost a dozen different people, including Tom Crouser, Dave Fellman, John Giles, Tawnya Starr and Roger Buck, will give presentations about sales, marketing and the future of print.

The Printing Without Print Sales Summit is open only to CPrint® affiliates. If you're interested in seeing what CPrint® can do for you, go to: www.cprint.org

Posted by webmaster on Thursday, June 17 @ 10:48:35 EDT (377 reads)
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Financial Training Released
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CPrint Releases Training to the Industry

We are pleased to announce the availability of some of the extensive CPrint training material to the industry beginning with these automated programs by CPrint founder Tom Crouser: Understanding Financial Statements.

Understanding Financial Statements is a series of eight automated training programs specifically tailored to the printing industry which are down loadable and will operate from a PC computer (sorry PC only).

These are perfect for owners who want to understand financial statements but who don't want to be accountants. To add to the ease of understanding, sports analogies are used to illustrate many points such as the Income Statement being the instant replay and the Balance Sheet being the scoreboard at the end of the field.

Also included are unique automated graphics so a viewer can see how a Balance Sheet really works and the relationship between the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows.

The individual programs are: Basic Concepts, Attest Letter, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Retained Earnings And Footnotes, Depreciation And Inventory.

These eight programs which provide over two and one-half hours of training, complete with handouts and access to the instructor for questions, regularly sells for $195. However, as an introduction to the CPrint Training, these programs are being made available for a limited time only for $95. For a detailed brochure about the program, please go to:

http://www.crouser.com/twitter/Financials.pdf

To order please click over to:

http://cprint.org/features/shopping.html

Or if you would like to order by talking to a live person, feel free to call us at (304) 965-7100, 9 am to 5 pm weekdays, Eastern.

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